…roof on the side of the Blacksmith’s Shop Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ on Monica’s garden wall. Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ Alison’s potted display at the Top Lodge as good as ever. Alison’s…

…colour mix close up but not so eye-catching. Looks pretty straggly even in a large pot as here. Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ 2015 – CHW Yesterday we got…

…CHW All you can say about this week’s record UK temperatures is that thankfully they have not applied to Cornwall. Overcast with sea mist and a good westerly breeze.Two flowers…

…now multi-stemmed. Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ towards Tin Garden 2024 – CHW Amazing to see Erythrina crista-galli in full flower in a garden just inland from Seaview. Very early in the year…

…the sea magnolias by the sea magnolias in the sea magnolias in the sea The two vases used on the beach all ended up in one superb vase of flowers…

…J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour…

…is a strong offshore breeze and its not yet stifling? Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’. Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’ Romneya coulteri full out but flopping about in…

…away. Perhaps the jet streams over the Atlantic have less pollution driving them. The breeze has been in the east for the last four weeks. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ in the…

…soulangeana ‘Rubriflora’ Abies forrestii – well worth trying at home. Abies forrestii Tilia endochrysea with half sized leaf. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Sassafras albidum – this extraordinary spreading/suckering clump in…

…state of the wall today. stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences stone wall sea defences The second Camellia sasanqua is…

…direction can be misleading. However I rang some our staff to see what was happening out to sea as we have seen it all before and sea rescues do not…

…Devon to view the £27m project on the River Otter near Budleigh Salterton built by Clinton Devon Estates and the Environmental Agency. The sea had been kept out of the…

…flat. pampas grass The sea is positively evil. The sea The sea But Tamarix ramoisissima flowers away regardless. It is the only autumn flowering species of the three which Burncoose…

…the bay. The sea The sea The sea Two happy swans and a cormorant! swans 2015 – CHW A quick flip around the garden looking for colour in mid November.Aesculus…

…the tree. Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Another sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ on Bond Street. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The very last flower on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Lapageria rosea…

…Euonymus japonicus ‘Marieke’. Trachelospermum jasminoides Euonymus japonicus ‘Marieke’. 2024 – CHW Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) getting away well only 2 years after planting. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Still not a…

…about a month earlier than usual. Lapageria ‘Flesh Pink’ Ditto the elderly Lapageria rosea beside it. Lapageria rosea A very drought ridden and now dead Hydrangea villosa. Hydrangea villosa This…

…ominous. It transpires that it hits Scotland and not Cornwall. Sea view Sea view The seed on hedychium is certainly impressive. The pheasants do not seem interested so perhaps poisonous….

…Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Lapageria rosea with its last flower. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Amazingly a flower still on a common day lily (Alstroemeria) by the front door in a…

…today in a southerly gale. Rough seas The new water tanks in the garden are starting to fill. Tanks filling 2021 – CHW A very dark and threatening sea on…